[Osem]

I'm of the opinion that creatures which become pests need to be controlled. That includes foxes in some areas and rats, for example, which few people seem to have too many misgivings about despatching.

Personally I'd rather see all such pest control done as humanely as reasonably possible and don't feel comfortable with the thought that people derive pleassure from it. However, nature subjects the animal kingdom to a myriad of grisly deaths in the natural course of things and it's possible to view human activity as just another.